Climate averages 1991–2020
Changji weather
in May.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 4th warmest and the wettest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Changji: daytime highs average 25.4°C and nights cool to about 11.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 27 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 43 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Wujiaqu (24 km away). In May its highs average 26.2°C, 0.9°C warmer than Changji, with 22 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Changji ranks joint 526th of 884 for the warmest May highs and 36th of 884 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 884 cities is 25.2°C; Changji is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 5.1°C to 30.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 27 mm to 23 mm.
The annual picture
May in context
Monthly precipitation
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Changji climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -7.2°C-15.9°C | -15.9°C | 4.3 | 1.7 | 9.39 h |
| February | -2.1°C-11.4°C | -11.4°C | 6.7 | 1.9 | 10.410 h |
| March | 9.2°C-3.5°C | -3.5°C | 13 | 3.5 | 11.912 h |
| April | 19.6°C4.9°C | 4.9°C | 26 | 5.2 | 13.413 h |
| May, selected | 25.4°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 27 | 5.4 | 14.715 h |
| June | 30.4°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 23 | 4.9 | 15.415 h |
| July | 32.2°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 23 | 4.2 | 15.115 h |
| August | 30.7°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 26 | 5.0 | 14.014 h |
| September | 24.9°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 21 | 4.6 | 12.613 h |
| October | 16.0°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 21 | 4.8 | 11.011 h |
| November | 5.3°C-4.1°C | -4.1°C | 14 | 3.5 | 9.710 h |
| December | -4.2°C-12.5°C | -12.5°C | 8.3 | 2.4 | 9.09 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
May in nearby cities
- Wujiaqu in MayChina · 24 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 12.1°C · 22 mm rain
- Ürümqi in MayChina · 33 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 9.4°C · 54 mm rain
- Shihezi in MayChina · 106 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 11.9°C · 42 mm rain
- Turpan in MayChina · 192 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 17.3°C · 7.3 mm rain
- Wusu in MayChina · 215 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 12.2°C · 55 mm rain
- Karamay in MayChina · 259 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 14.5°C · 15 mm rain
- Korla in MayChina · 267 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 14.2°C · 11 mm rain
- Xinyuan in MayChina · 332 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 6.2°C · 80 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Changji) is explained once on the Changji year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.